The floor mats of kitchen and bathroom are soaking in the bathtub. This after yesterday’s vacuuming of my apartment and the dusting not to forget! Yes, it is true, the cleaning bug has struck with a vengeance, which is not unknown to me. At any rate, the mats are in the tub and now the floors await their wash turn later today. In my old country my family would say: ‘You might put out the flag’, marking the rarity of this occasion!

This aft Don and I plan to meet up at Chinook for a coffee chat. The rest of the day will be spent on reading news sites, posting this entry, making meals and doing dishes while I watch CBC’s National. And then there is this very entry of course, which is only partly complete.

This kind of fire moves on, so if you can protect a structure for about half an hour’s worth, the fire will have moved on without having done much damage.

The main news here in Alberta is that the ‘Beast’ fire around Fort McMurray now has moved away from the town into the forests to the North East. The good news is also that about 85% of the town has been spared, but the other parts are burned to the ground, left in ashes and blackened desolation.

Yesterday my sister Els phoned to get some more details about this fire as it had been in the news there as well. I explained that the water bombers had protected the main municipal buildings with their strategically placed water discharges.

This kind of fire moves on, so if you can protect a structure for about half an hour’s worth, the fire will have moved on without having done much damage. The bombers work in coordination with the ground crews, who can douse the smaller fires once the fire wall has moved on. This is kind of my picture of the process, but I have never experienced a forest fire myself.

The section titled ‘Religious Update’ in yesterday’s writings section concisely summarises some central ideas that I have been dealing for a long time. This statement needs further expansion, but it contains the kernel of my conviction about our present human situation. It also indicates a way forward preserving what we have, while avoiding destructive battles fending off needed change. We need to adapt as humans have always done in the past.

However, in today’s world we can no longer move away from our disagreeable neighbours, but have to learn to get along while honouring each other’s traditions.

However, in today’s world we can no longer move away from our disagreeable neighbours, but have to learn to get along while honouring each other’s traditions. Just how do we do this is our dilemma and I hope to contribute - along with many others - to a solution. This is the purpose of my deliberations and formulations! How is that? <9:19am~
P.S: Last Sunday marks the date when I started making Daily Entries now seven years hence!